Chaygaon Assembly Constituency - Population, Polling Percentage, Facilities, Parties Vote Share, Last Election Results

Chaygaon Assembly - No. of Household, Population, Winner/Runner-up in Last elections & Vote Percentage & more in Assam Assembly Elections.

Published on:

02 Apr 2021, 7:49 am

Chaygaon is a town and Assembly Constituency situated in the district, Kamrup. Assamese is the official language of the town. The distance between Guwahati and Chaygaon is about 36.8 km. The town is best known for "Maa Chandika Devalaya", a Shakti Peeth, where during Durga Puja, thousands of devotees.

ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY NAME AND NUMBER

Chaygaon Assembly Constituency is one of the 126 constituencies. it bears number 49 out of 126 and it falls under Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency.

PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

The Parliamentary Constituencies of India is 542 from which, the general category has 441 seats and the seats for SC and ST is 84 and 47 respectively. Chaygaon Assembly Constituency falls under Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency. Queen Oja of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha Election 2019 by securing 1008936 votes and Bobbeeta Sarma of the Indian National Congress became the runner up with 663330 votes. [Also Check - List of Chaygaon Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Polling Booths]

DISTRICT

Chaygaon is a town in the Kamrup district. it is an administrative district. The district covers an area of 4345 square km. Its Headquarter is at Amingaon and as per the 2011 census report, Kamrup district has a total of 1517541 population.

NUMBER OF TOWNS

There is only one town in Chaygaon Assembly Constituency, that is Chaygaon town.

NUMBER OF VILLAGES

There are about 147 villages in Chaygaon. A few of them are as follows:

● Akchalia FV

● Alukhunda FV

● Andheri

● Andheri FV

● Baduli Para FV

● Baghmara

● Bahjani

● Bairandang FV

● Bak Bahar FV

● Bakali Para

● Bakali Para FV

● Bakara Para

● Bamuni Gaon.

ASSEMBLY STATUS

The Assembly Constituency of the Chaygaon Constituency had 160183 electors. Amongst them, the overall valid votes were 145099. In the election, INC candidate named Rekibuddin Ahmed won the MLA seat by securing 72211 votes and became MLA, whereas Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of the AGP became runner up with 64390 votes. Therefore, Rekibuddin Ahmed won the MLA seat by 7821 votes.

TOTAL POPULATION

Chaygaon has a total of 121628 population as per 2011 census report. From the total population, males are 61741 and females are 59887. The literate people in Chaygaon are 83961 from which 46061 are male and 37900 are female.

Total population	Male	Female
121628	61741	59887

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

The number of households in Chaygaon in 25411.

RELIGIOUS GROUP/DEMOGRAPHY IN THE CONSTITUENCY

People of different religion lives together in Chaygaon. The religions are such as: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain.

Religion	Total	Male	Female
Hindu	94312	47921	46391
Muslim	16696	8507	8189
Christian	10053	5071	4982
Sikh	15	7	8
Buddhist	17	13	4
Jain	4	1	3
Religion not stated	528	218	310

CASTE AND TRIBES IN THE CONSTITUENCY

Schedule Caste living in Chaygaon Constituency is 5663 from which 2880 are male and female are 2783 and Schedule Tribes are 46626 from which 23615 are male and 22811 are female.

Schedule Caste	Schedule Tribes
5663	46426

MALE/FEMALE ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION

Chaygaon Constituency has about 145099 registered voters. It comprises 74687 male voters and 70412 female voters.

SEX RATIO

Chaigaon has a sex ratio of 970 females per thousand males.

AGE GROUP DISTRIBUTION

In Chaygaon Assembly Constituency, about 14921 population is under six years of age. The number of boys is 7482 and 7439 are girls.

POLLING PERCENTAGE FOR LAST THREE YEARS

● The Assembly of Chaygaon Constituency witnessed a polling percentage of 58.02% during Lok Sabha Elections of 2019

● During the 2016 Assembly Election, it witnessed about 49.66%

● It saw a polling percentage of 38.89 % during 2014 Lok Sabha Election.

RESULT OF LAST FIVE ELECTION

During the Assembly Election of Assam 1996, a candidate named Kamala Kanta Kalita of Asom Gana Parishad party had won the MLA seat with 39103 votes and the runner up was Imran Shah of the Indian National Congress party with 34997 votes.
In 2001 Election Rana Goswami of the Indian National Congress party won the election by securing 50675 votes and Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of Asom Gana Parishad became the runner up with 37482 votes.
In 2006, Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of Asom Gana Parishad became the winner with 62113 votes and defeated Rekibuddin Ahmed of the Indian National Congress party, who got 43818 votes.
In 2011 and 2016, Rekibuddin Ahmed of the Indian National Congress party emerged as the winner with 64307 and 72211 votes respectively.

Year	Name of the candidate	Name of the party	Votes
1996	Kamala Kanta Kalita	AGP	39103
1996	Imran Shah	INC	34997
2001	Rana Goswami	INC	50675
2001	Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita	AGP	37482
2006	Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita	AGP	62113
2006	Rekibuddin Ahmed	INC	43818
2011	Rekibuddin Ahmed	INC	64307
2011	Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita	AGP	48714
2016	Rekibuddin Ahmed	INC	72211
2016	Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita	AGP	64390

PERCENTAGE VOTE SHARE OF POLITICAL PARTY IN LAST ELECTION

During the Assembly Election of Chaygaon constituency of 2016, Rekibuddin Ahmed of INC became the winner with 49.66%, Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of AGP became the runner up and secured 44.28%. Derajuddin Ahmed of AIUDF secured 3.43%. The Independent candidate, Beckniur K Marak secured 1.53%. and the votes secured by "None of the Above" is 1.1%.

Name of the candidate	Party name	Percentage
Rekibuddin Ahmed	INC	49.66%
Dr. Kamala Kanta Kalita	AGP	44.28%
Derajuddin Ahmed	AIUDF	3.43%
Beckniur K Marak	Independent	1.53%
None of the Above		1.1%

CANDIDATES IN LAST ELECTION AND RESULT (WINNER AND LOOSER)

The candidates who contested during the Assembly Election of Assam 2016 are:

Rekibuddin Ahmed of the Indian National Congress party
Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of Asom Gana Parishad.
Derajuddin Ahmed of All India United Democratic Front
The Independent Candidate, Beckniur K Marak.

At last, the winner was Rekibuddin Ahmed of the Indian National Congress Party who secured 72211 votes and the runner up was Dr Kamala Kanta Kalita of Asom Gana Parishad with 64390 votes.